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Historical Items

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Item 148316

Scott Galloway and Richard Anderson, Key West, Florida, 1999

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1999 Location: Key West Media: Photographic print

Item 76124

Gov. Horace Hildreth, Florida, 1946

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1946 Location: Miami Media: Photographic print

Item 81786

Alba Court Inn, New Smyrna, Florida, ca. 1908

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1908 Location: New Smyrna Media: Postcard

Tax Records

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Item 43129

38-40 Cushman Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Sarah H Soule Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 82447

Washington property, E. Side Oakland Avenue & W. Side Meridian, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Mabel R. Washington Style: Cottage Use: Summer Dwelling

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 110487

Goldstein residence planting plan, Winter Harbor, 1982-1993

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982–1993 Location: Winter Harbor Client: Alan Goldstein, Architect: Landscape Design Associates

Item 110490

Planting plan and garden seat for Fortune Rock, Mount Desert, 1987

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1987 Location: Mount Desert Client: C. Graham Berwind Architect: Landscape Design Associates

Online Exhibits

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Commander George Henry Preble

George Henry Preble of Portland, nephew of Edward Preble who was known as the father of the U.S. Navy, temporarily lost his command during the Civil War when he was charged with failing to stop a Confederate ship from getting through the Union blockade at Mobile.

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The Irish on the Docks of Portland

Many of the dockworkers -- longshoremen -- in Portland were Irish or of Irish descent. The Irish language was spoken on the docks and Irish traditions followed, including that of giving nicknames to the workers, many of whose given names were similar.

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Good Will-Hinckley: Building a Landscape

The landscape at the Good Will-Hinckley campus in Fairfield was designed to help educate and influence the orphans and other needy children at the school and home.

Site Pages

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Hollingsworth Fine Arts

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Lincoln, Maine - Roger Weatherbee of Lincoln in his P-51 H fighter plane, 1946

"Roger flew this plane from Florida to Presque Isle air base after being stationed in Florida after WW II."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Lodging and Hotels: A Savage Family Business

"Alba Court Inn A New Smyrna, Florida hotel built in 1903. Probably managed, but not owned, by Herman LaFritz Savage until his death in 1913 and then…"

My Maine Stories

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A Florida Flatlander Finds Adventure in Maine (An Excerpt)
by Steve Hood

Humorous reminisces of former adventures in Maine from a Florida retiree

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Mark Plummer, golfer from Maine
by Mark Plummer

Amateur golfer from Maine, Mark Plummer discussed his golf career and life lessons

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From Pee Wee to Pro The Maine Way
by Danny Bolduc

I am the very first person from Maine to have played hockey in the Olympics and in the NHL.